The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal continues
hearing today, Wednesday, May 22. Atiku and his party are challenging President
Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 presidential poll.
INEC had declared President Buhari the winner of the 2019 presidential election. According to the electoral body, Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat Atiku who polled 11,262,978 to lose the election with a margin of 3,928,869 votes.
INEC had declared President Buhari the winner of the 2019 presidential election. According to the electoral body, Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat Atiku who polled 11,262,978 to lose the election with a margin of 3,928,869 votes.
However, Atiku and his party claimed they won the election,
citing a presidential election result allegedly gotten from INEC's server.
Atiku claimed he scored 18,356,732 votes to defeat Buhari whom he claimed
scored 16,741,430 votes.
Meanwhile, the tribunal's Wednesday sitting is scheduled to hear an application by Atiku and the PDP for the disqualification of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, as a member and head of the five-man tribunal.
Meanwhile, the tribunal's Wednesday sitting is scheduled to hear an application by Atiku and the PDP for the disqualification of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, as a member and head of the five-man tribunal.
They alleged that Justice Bulkachuwa would likely be biased
against them in her handling of the hearing of their case due to her alleged
family ties to top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC).They alleged that her husband, Adamu Bulkachuwa, won the Bauchi North senatorial election on the platform of the APC. They also added in their motion that her biological son, Aliyu Abubakar, was not only a card-carrying member of the APC, but also contested the Gombe state APC governorship primary election. The tribunal has been sitting at the Court of Appeal Headquarters between the Federal Secretariat and the Three Arms Zone
They, therefore, urged
Bulkachuwa her to recuse herself from further participation in the proceedings
of the tribunal and asked the tribunal to replace her with one of the over 80
other Justices of the court qualified to serve on the panel.
Lawyers at the presidential election tribunal.
Source: UGC Lawyers at the presidential election tribunal.
The police in Abuja had on Tuesday, May 21, said they will block some major roads in the federal capital as part of security measures near the venue of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday.
The tribunal has been sitting at the Court of Appeal Headquarters between the Federal Secretariat and the Three Arms Zone. To control the crowd that may besiege the court on Wednesday morning, the police said there will be diversion of traffic by Goodluck Ebele Way and Shehu Shagari Way.
The police apologised to those who have businesses on those routes, but urged them to find alternatives because the advisory was a necessary security measure. 10:35 AM APC's lawyer arrives the tribunal APC's lawyer Festus Keyamo present as everyone awaits the tribunal's hearing 11:03 AM Tribunal to stand down for 30 minutes.
The court is standing down for 30 minutes as the petitioners seek time to respond to the counter affidavits just filled this morning
Lawyers at the presidential election tribunal.
Source: UGC Lawyers at the presidential election tribunal.
The police in Abuja had on Tuesday, May 21, said they will block some major roads in the federal capital as part of security measures near the venue of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday.
The tribunal has been sitting at the Court of Appeal Headquarters between the Federal Secretariat and the Three Arms Zone. To control the crowd that may besiege the court on Wednesday morning, the police said there will be diversion of traffic by Goodluck Ebele Way and Shehu Shagari Way.
The police apologised to those who have businesses on those routes, but urged them to find alternatives because the advisory was a necessary security measure. 10:35 AM APC's lawyer arrives the tribunal APC's lawyer Festus Keyamo present as everyone awaits the tribunal's hearing 11:03 AM Tribunal to stand down for 30 minutes.
The court is standing down for 30 minutes as the petitioners seek time to respond to the counter affidavits just filled this morning
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